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Coronavirus Help Guide

17 March 2020

After Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania confirmed to have had patients with the Novel Coronavirus, Uganda is at a high risk of being attacked by the same disease. All Ugandan's are advised to take a keen eye and take some of the following precautions to avoid the spread of the disease.

Will I die if I catch the disease?

No!

Almost 80% of people have mild symptoms and recover from the disease in 2 weeks.

Most of the symptoms can be treated with timely medical care.

Risk of death is only higher in older people (above an age of ~60 years) and people with pre-existing health conditions.

Older people are twice as likely to have serious COVID-19 illness.

Most coronavirus led illnesses are generally mild, especially for children and young adults.

Coronavirus has "high infectivity but low mortality rate between 2-3%

What are those symptoms of coronavirus?

Cough

Fever

Difficult in breathing

shortness of breath

These are like common cold or flue and may appear 2-14 days of exposure.